Allocation of immigrant visas

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Title 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY > CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY > SUBCHAPTER II—IMMIGRATION > Part I—Selection System

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Qualified immigrants who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United States shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed 23,400, plus any visas not required for the class specified in paragraph (4).

( June 27, 1952, ch. 477 , title II, ch. 1, § 203, 66 Stat. 178 ; Pub. L. 85–316, § 3 , Sept. 11, 1957 , 71 Stat. 639 ; Pub. L. 86–363 , §§ 1–3, Sept. 22, 1959 , 73 Stat. 644 ; Pub. L. 89–236, § 3 , Oct. 3, 1965 , 79 Stat. 912 ; Pub. L. 94–571, § 4 , Oct. 20, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2705 ; Pub. L. 95–412, § 3 , Oct. 5, 1978 , 92 Stat. 907 ; Pub. L. 95–417, § 1 , Oct. 5, 1978 , 92 Stat. 917 ; Pub. L. 96–212, title II, § 203(c) , (i), Mar. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 107 , 108; Pub. L. 101–649, title I , §§ 111, 121(a), 131, 162(a)(1), title VI, § 603(a)(3), Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 4986 , 4987, 4997, 5009, 5082; Pub. L. 102–110, § 2(b) , Oct. 1, 1991 , 105 Stat. 555 ; Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 302(b)(2) , (e)(3), Dec. 12, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1743 , 1745; Pub. L. 103–416, title II , §§ 212(b), 219(c), Oct. 25, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4314 , 4316; Pub. L. 106–95, § 5 , Nov. 12, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1318 ; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 117] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1535 , 1501A–21; Pub. L. 106–536, § 1(b)(1) , Nov. 22, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2560 ; Pub. L. 107–208, § 3 , Aug. 6, 2002 , 116 Stat. 928 ; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I , §§ 11035, 11036(a), Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1846 ; Pub. L. 109–162, title VIII, § 805(b)(2) , Jan. 5, 2006 , 119 Stat. 3056 ; Pub. L. 117–103, div. BB , §§ 102(a), (b), 103(b)(1), (c)(1), 108, Mar. 15, 2022 , 136 Stat. 1070 , 1074, 1075, 1100, 1109.)

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